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Re: OpenDNS today announced it has adopted DNSCurve to secure DNS

Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at> Wed, 24 February 2010 18:02 UTC

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On Wed, 24 Feb 2010, Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote:

> I took a look at DNSCurve. Some points:
>
> * It could certainly win.

It has a LOT of catching up to do. DNScurve has no publicly available
implementations. DNSSEC will be deployed in the most important zones by
the end of this year.

> * It considers real world requirements that DNSSEC does not.

DNScurve ignores algorithm agility and patent problems.

Tony.
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